Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is still thick. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Bertram hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is typically in his Layabout uniform. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Anselm is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the north to a Layabout, Anselm learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His hair is silver and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and human compassion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has shaved his head bald. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's in love; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 800 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 gp. Rose (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Coral (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp).